I hope to use this blog as an avenue to express my thoughts and adventures of all of my fishing expeditions and any other journeys I may undertake.

Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Enduring The Aches and Pain to Land Fish

As we get older weather we
are the young guys or the more seasoned anglers, we experience some aches and
pains. With each aging year brings another arch mainly in our backs, legs,
necks, or shoulders. There are numerous prescriptions to help with the pain in
the form of pills, shots, therapy and as a last resort surgery. I watched my
Dad, Mom, Father-in-law and Mother-in-law all use one or more of these
prescription pain killers mentioned above with limited results. The end result
is one can’t fool time and we all will eventually succumb to old age.

Why I am rambling on about
such a depressing subject, because as I get older I feel all these aches and
pain, weather I am doing yard work or out on the water casting my favorite fly.
I have notice the past couple of years I have more tendonitis in my knees and
arms; but what is really annoying is the tendonitis in my shoulders. It really
acts up in my right shoulder on days when I am on the water for four or five
hours. So to help ease the pain on those fishing days, I decided to do some
research concerning shoulder tendonitis. I found that there are ways one can
help relieve shoulder tendonitis, by a simply rub message or a back stretch
exercise. I have tried both procedures and they are helped relieve the pain in
both my shoulders. No way is a little pain going to keep me off the water!!!

12 comments:

Well Bill, there's a subject that can generate endless discussion. A few acquired aches and pains are part of the privilege of having survived the carefree "bulletproof" years of youth. I too thought that I was impervious to the various ailments and aches that affected my parents. "Just wait, your time will come, you'll see" they said. Of course, they were right. I've resigned myself to being thankful for each day outdoors. I take more breaks, find a picnic table to lie on to stretch. Medications are of limited value. The various "miracle cures" are mostly gimmicks. The odd discomfort is a reminder that I'm still alive, and, for that I'm thankful.

Bill as I zero in on 69 I can relate to aches and pains. My sore spot is my knees. After a day of rigors on a small stream my knees start to ache. Most times I can get relief from a hot shower and a good nights sleep. Recovery time can be a day to perhaps 3. As far as pain killers I find that ibuprofin x 2 will be satisfactory.

Boy do you know of what you speak. As soon as I turned 50 I could tell the difference. It's just gotten progressively more noticeable as the years have piled on. Just take it easy Bill. You don't need to catch 50 fish in one outing.

For those of us who are seriously in love with the outdoor life, your last sentence says it all. As long as it's only the "little pain" that bothers us, we're pretty much good to go-- damn glad for the opportunity and thankful it's not worse-- yet. Thanks for sharing these thoughts.

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I am an avid fly fisherman. I started fishing with my dad when I was five years old and have never known life without fishing. The love of the outdoors has been one of the reasons I have enjoyed fishing for all these years. It is the greatest therapy in the world. When I am on the water I forget about everything else except landing that elusive trout, bluegill, crappie or bass.